Audiological & Industry Articles

Audiology (2 related rticles)

Audiometric Threshold - What a threshold is and what decibels are.

Effects OF Hearing Loss On Speech Discrimination - How Speech discrimination is affected by hearing loss and how to communicate with the hearing impaired.

Compensation (2 related articles)

Dosimitry Keystone To Compliance - How individual dosimetry factors into compensation claims and determinations and why you should update your records.

Exit Audiograms - Why audiograms at employee termination are good idea.

Conditions (8 related articles)

Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease - What autoimmune inner ear disease is, it's causes, and treatment.

Central Auditory Processing Disorders - Central auditory processing disorders and their symptoms.

Earwax Friend or Foe - What is earwax and how it affects hearing testing.

Hearing Loss And Carbon Monoxide - How carbon monoxide may hasten hearing loss.

Ototoxins - Substances that cause hearing loss.

Presbycusis Does Not Cease At Age 60 - Hearing loss due to aging does not stop at age 60.

Tinnitus - Causes and treatment of ringing in the ears.

Vestibular Disorders - Inner ear diseases, including vertigo and Meniere's disease.

Determinations (3 related articles)

Baseline Revisions Have No Relationship To Determinations - Why determinations don't nullify baseline revisions.

Determinations For Marginally Noise Exposed Employees - Whether to post occupationally related determinations for non-noise exposed employees to the OSHA 300 Log.

New Shifts Need New Determinations - Why each potential Recordable needs a determination.

Dosimetry (4 related articles)

Dosimetry Keystone To Compliance - How individual dosimetry factors into compensation claims and determinations and why you should update your records.

Dosimetry What Do The Numbers Mean - Explanation of noise dose, permissible noise exposure, and the data provided by dosimeters.

Extended Work Shifts Equals Higher TWAs - How longer hours mean more noise exposure and how it can change who is noise exposed.

Keep Noise Exposure Records At Least Two Years - Why each potential Recordable needs a determination.

Miscellaneous (5 related articles

CAOHC Certified Professionals - What is CAOHC and how you benefit from our certified mobile technicians.

Risk Levels Of Occupational Noise Exposure - What are the risks of noise induced hearing loss in the workplace.

T K Archives Calibration Records - We maintain calibration data for audiometers, so call us if you need it.

Welcome - Advice on beginning your hearing testing program.

Why We Test The Frequencies We Test - The rationale for testing the 500 thru 8K frequencies, and various types of hearing impairment.

Procedures (18 related articles)

Benefits of a Year-End Program Review - How to review your testing records and documentation.

Common Clinic Test Discrepancies - How to make sure your clinic tests are appropriate for your hearing program.

Communication Headsets For The Hearing Impaired - What protection to use for hearing impaired workers.

Don't Miss The Forest For The Trees - The importance of STSs and why you should retest them.

Functional Calibration - How to verify the proper working order of an audiometer before testing.

Keep Noise Exposure Records At Least Two Years - How long noise exposure records must be kept.

Keep Training Fresh And Innovative - Requirements of training and how to make it most effective.

Limitations Of Dual Hearing Protection - What are the benefits of using dual hearing protection.

Masking - How to deal with ambient noise during testing and the principles of masking.

Medical Referral Notification - How we notify employees of a medical condition and how to maintain associated records.

Motivating Workers - How to motivate workers to wear hearing protection and take hearing tests.

Nature's Symmetry - How hearing differences from one ear to the other may signal a medical referral condition.

Noise Reduction Ratings - How well hearing protectors perform and how OSHA treats them in calculating noise exposure.

Real and Perceived Inter-System Discrepancies - Why you should use only one hearing test management software system.

Reasons For Test Rejections - Why tests may be rejected by our audiologists.

Recording Hearing Loss To The OSHA 300 Form - How to record hearing loss on the OSHA 300 form.

Shift Verification On Mobile Vans - How we recheck all STSs when mobile testing.

The Mobile Test Van Exception - OSHA allows employers one year to give a baseline test to a new employee if using a mobile test van.

Rules (8 related articles)

A Review of OSHA Recordable Follow-up Actions - What an OSHA Recordable is and what to do if one of your workers has one.

DOT Requirements - Hearing acuity required of drivers by the D.O.T.

Insert Earphones - When insert earphones may be used during hearing testing.

Masking - How to deal with ambient noise during testing and the principles of masking.

Medical Referrals 101 - How we determine if a medical referral is warranted.

New Baselines For Rehires - New baselines may be used for rehired employees.

Noise Reduction Ratings - How well hearing protectors perform and how OSHA treats them in calculating noise exposure.

Permissible Background Noise Level - OSHA's regulations on permissable background noise levels during hearing testing.

Terminology (2 related articles)

Glossary Of Key Terms - Terms used in hearing testing.

Prevention Versus Conservation - Why we use the phrase "hearing loss prevention".

Testing (7 related articles)

A Review of OSHA Recordable Follow-up Actions - What an OSHA Recordable is and what to do if one of your workers has one.

Audiometric Threshold - What a threshold is and what decibels are.

Don't Forget The 8's! - Noise-induced loss hearing patterns and why testing the 8K threshold is important.

Have Cold Take Test - Employees with colds should still take a hearing test.

Insert Earphones - When insert earphones may be used during hearing testing.

Permissible Background Noise Level - OSHA's regulations on permissable background noise levels during hearing testing.

Test Refusals - What to do if any employee refuses to take a hearing test.